Margaret Jourdain
Margaret Jourdain | |
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| Born | 15 August 1876 Ashbourne, Derbyshire |
| Died | 6 April 1951 |
| Pen name | Francis Lenygon |
| Occupation | writer on furniture and decoration |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Notable works | Regency Furniture (1931) |
| Partner | Ivy Compton-Burnett |
| Relatives | Eleanor Jourdain (sister), Francis Charles Robert Jourdain (brother), Philip Jourdain (brother), Charles Clay (grandfather) |
Margaret Jourdain (15 August 1876 – 6 April 1951) was an English writer on furniture and decoration. She began her career ghost-writing as Francis Lenygon for the firm of Lenygon & Morant.